1 Foreword
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Maritime Safety Committee - MSC.1/Circular.1274 – Guidelines for Evaluation of Fire Risk of External Areas on Passenger Ships – (3 June 2008) - Annex - Part 1 – Design Guidelines for the Evaluation of Fire Risk of External Areas on Passenger Ships - 1 Foreword

1 Foreword

  1.1 External areas have routinely been assumed to have little or no fire risk, and have not been required to comply with SOLAS chapter II-2 requirements applicable to interior spaces.

  1.2 While this assumption may be accurate for general open deck areas, the continual evolution of new types of passenger amenities on open deck areas may be introducing levels of fire risk that are not fully accounted for by the existing regulations.

  1.3 These Guidelines are not intended to be applicable to cabin balconies as these areas shall comply with the relevant requirements set out in resolution MSC.216(82).

  1.4 These Guidelines have been developed to provide Administrations and designers with a tool that may be used at the early stage of a design to assess the fire risk of external areas.

Parent topic: Part 1 – Design Guidelines for the Evaluation of Fire Risk of External Areas on Passenger Ships
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